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Votes at a glance: Michigan City Parks Board actions (March 5, 2025)
Summary
Summary of motions and formal outcomes from the March 5 Michigan City Parks and Recreation Board meeting, including approvals, tabled items and budgetary actions.
At its March 5 meeting the Michigan City Parks and Recreation Board moved on a number of business items. The list below summarizes formal motions, recorded outcomes and key details presented during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- 2025 Soccer in the Sand major event license agreement — Approved (voice vote). Staff recommended retaining a $100 administrative fee based on parking revenue; board accepted the agreement.
- Federer's Alley Playground 50% design presentation — Tabled (consultants absent). Board deferred presentation to March 19; item remains on the table.
- Paper Football League (program approval) — Approved (voice vote). Proponents described a family-friendly program for multiple ages and partnership with park programming.
- EVP beach volleyball additional camp sessions (summer 2025) — Approved (voice vote). New camp dates, age groups and fees were presented; staff noted a conflict with a local festival and offered alternate lots for setup as needed.
- PrideFest major license agreement (June 14) — Approved (roll-call vote; unanimous among members present). Setup begins 7 a.m.; event 1–8 p.m.; teardown by 11 p.m.; organizers affirmed family-friendly content rules.
- Millennium Plaza fountain assessment report — Accepted (voice vote). Board then voted to demolish the fountain and directed staff to seek additional appropriation from the mayor/controller/city council to fund demolition and site work.
- Wings of Wonder (Winds of Wonder) aviary design set — Approved with direction to value-engineer the design to reduce costs (voice vote). Staff will return with revised costed plans and funding approach.
- JB West contract for zoo upper aviary roof replacement — Approved (voice vote). Contract amount presented at meeting: $17,200.50 (to be paid from endowment funds).
- Revised Pepsi agreement — Approved (voice vote). Contract corrected to match negotiated volume threshold (3,750 units).
- 2024 Park Department annual report — Tabled for additional review (board requested more time to digest the 89-page report).
- Special purchase: Northpointe Pavilion light pole repair — Approved (public-safety emergency purchase) for $8,324; staff said the pole can be ordered immediately and repaired within about two weeks.
- Claims and payroll — Claims docket of $66,223.01 and payroll of $66,715.40 were approved by voice vote.
- Gifts and donations — Kroger miscellaneous zoo donation ($56.67) accepted.
Several other routine motions were handled by voice vote. Where the mover or seconder was not explicitly named on the record, the board’s minutes identify the motions as made and seconded and record outcomes as announced at the meeting.
